1 review from Economics blogs:

• EconLog 21 Jan 10

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1 review from Tech startups blogs:

• Eric Ries 22 Feb 10

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1 review from Thinkers blogs:

• Crooked Timber 20 Mar 10

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1 review from Economics blogs:

• EconLog 21 Jan 10:
  ...   (For my earlier criticism of Rod on this point, see here and here).   Such regulations might exist somewhere in human history, but I challenge anyone to provide big contemporary examples. But what about the 'tons of empirical evidence' that Rand's pyramid of ability is real?  The Bell Curve is a good place to start.   Intelligence is one of the strongest - if not the strongest - predictors of income, occupation, and social status.   More to the point, simple pencil-and-paper tests of intelligence are the single best predictor of independently measured job ...
  

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1 review from Tech startups blogs:

• Eric Ries 22 Feb 10:
  ... standard, we ought to be diverse. Our industries are young, so there hasn’t been time yet to become encrusted with too many traditions that exclude outsiders. The work itself, especially in startups, depends primarily on intelligence, communication, creativity and empathy. Even the most radical Bell Curve-style thinkers have to concede that even if there are differences between men and women in the distribution of these traits on average, these curve have substantial overlap, and there should still be a lot more of them represented in high-tech startups. For the record, I don’t think ...
  

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1 review from Thinkers blogs:

• Crooked Timber 20 Mar 10:
  ... I reread the first few chapters recently and was struck by how direct (and properly documented) its engagement with the literature was in comparison with much of the rest of his work, so I guess professional socialization has had its effect on me. But I was also surprised that it was as compelling as I remembered. 8. Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray, The Bell Curve. This came out the year before I moved to the U. S. for graduate school. The book and the ensuing controversy around it taught me a lot about American academia, the wider world of the chattering classes in the U. S. , the institutional structure that supported them, and the American public sphere generally. ...
  

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